Yay! Have finally been invited up to Games Day at the Birmingham NEC in a couple of weeks time. Games Day is a very large hobby event organised by Games Workshop and is the Mecca for the washed and unwashed hordes of Workshop fans - novices and veterans alike.
It's been a convention that has always interested me. Mainly because of the organisational ability behind it. It has a very strong reputation for being very well organised and puts many other conventions to shame.
I decided I should go and see this for my self first hand. A secondary reason is meeting with some old friends who work at Workshop or it's subsidaries and for the general networking and information gathering activities that Angus' usually switch to at such events. No doubt I'll also be oogling a vast array of very nice figures and dioramas whilst I'm there.
I think I'll leave my cheque book and cards at home. Actually the state they're in at the moment they wouldn't be much use to me in any case! :p
Have any of you guys been to Games Day before? Are any of you going this year?
It's been a convention that has always interested me. Mainly because of the organisational ability behind it. It has a very strong reputation for being very well organised and puts many other conventions to shame.
I decided I should go and see this for my self first hand. A secondary reason is meeting with some old friends who work at Workshop or it's subsidaries and for the general networking and information gathering activities that Angus' usually switch to at such events. No doubt I'll also be oogling a vast array of very nice figures and dioramas whilst I'm there.
I think I'll leave my cheque book and cards at home. Actually the state they're in at the moment they wouldn't be much use to me in any case! :p
Have any of you guys been to Games Day before? Are any of you going this year?
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Are you up and back, or staying over?
I'm seeing The Mission on saturday night and have to be at work on Monday morning. To be honest I'm supposed to be working on Sunday too (only office work though) but can probably argue for Games Day being part of my job description! Also means I might be able to put the train ticket on company expenses which would be nice ;p
I've been tempted to go once or twice, but it's never been close enough to nudge thought into action. Especially now, when I see what has happened to my old Blood Bowl/40k opponent. 28, and you think he'd know what to do with a woman.
I've actually been thinking about giving Blood Bowl another go. I haven't played it since the pretty broken 1st edition days. I seem to be on a bit of an old GW game kick at the moment having recently played (and really enjoyed) Mighty Empires for the first time and also recently pulled out Space Hulk and Chaos Marauders for a game or two. I've also been trying to get hold of Man O War and Dark Future on ebay and have been chatting about starting up eitehr a Necromunda or Mordheim skirmish game.
I miss the first edition Blood Bowl, where else would you find rules for Thrud?
If you want to give the game a go, let me know and we can arrange for you to come up or me to come down. One advantage of Blood Bowl over most other GW games is that it requires relatively few figures and so is more portable.
*hint hint*
Rest assured young Grimbalina we have not forgotten you.
He asked curiously.
He's sifting through old discs and should be sending me them over soon (which in Jared time can sometimes be a while but he has a Daver there atm to help him move more into Daver time which tends to run more parallel to our own timestream)
The event is always well organised, and plays as much like a military tattoo as it does a gaming event. It is incredibly noisy with the chanting and the cheering... Plus there is lots to see and it is very pretty. All to keep hitting the kiddies with merchandising...
I *would* go. But to be honest my interest in Games Workshop does not extend much outside of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay.
So have they really moved it to the NEC? Which is not in Birmingham.
Or are they still holding it in the NIA? Which is in Birmingham.
In the meantime... I no longer work Sundays and if you fancy a quick drink at some point during the day...
Drink could be good. I'll see if I can finalise times and also check out when/where the show is and if I have any set meetings.
As for it's new incarnation, nope, never been. Workshops current output holds zero interest for me, so no incentive. I think the last time I stepped inside a Workshop store I was wearing a TSR Demo Team shirt, so that shows you how long ago that was!
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Thanks for dropping by! I reckon Friday night is probably the best night to meet up. Possibly for a drink in Camden or something? I'm reckoning you and the young lady will be pretty busy for most of the week :p In anycase, I'm only free on Monday (when I know you're busy) and Friday next week!!!
Who knows, might even manage to entice you into a game of something at somepoint. That might amuse/horrify young Sarah. hehehe....
Hope you had a great trip and look forward to meeting you.
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